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Update Willeke Dost

June 10, 2010 By Alice

Willeke Dost

Thanks to Jacques and others in the Netherlands, we have a translation in English from a clip shown in the Netherlands about the Willeke Dost case. Some scenes are reconstructions but the people who speak in front of the camera, are all related to Willeke Dost Jacques put together a brief overview of the people […]

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Filed Under: Cold Case News, Forensics, Missing Persons Tagged With: Forensics, Missing Person, Netherlands, Robert van Hoove, Willeke Dost

A Dutch Cold Case: Willeke Dost

June 9, 2010 By Alice

Willeke Dost

Willeke Dost was only 15 years old when she went missing. Now, she is presumed dead. In 1992, the theory was that most likely Willeke had run away but now police think that she was murdered shortly after she disappeared. They now also believe that the original crime scene is near the foster parents’ farm. This switch […]

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Filed Under: Missing Persons Tagged With: Crime Scene, Forensics, Foster Parents, Identification, Missing Person, the Netherlands, Willeke Dost

Update Quang Lu

May 28, 2010 By Alice

Police believed millionaire loan shark Quang Lu was murdered shortly after he disappeared in October 2007. The discovery of a body in a barrel last week on Sunday proved the prediction by police specializing in Asian organized crime was correct. Homicide detectives said Tuesday the well-preserved body of Quang Lu known on the streets as […]

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Filed Under: Forensics, Missing Persons Tagged With: Canada, Cruelty, Finger Printing, Forensics, Missing Person, Quang Lu, Toronto

Rest in peace, Alex Spence

May 3, 2010 By Alice

alex spence

Last Friday, Alex Spence was laid to rest. The funeral was a true tribute to Alex with all his family and friends gathering to pay their last respects to this father of two very young children,  Alexander, 4, and Sam, 20 months. His funeral took place at the Church Of Our Lady Of Lourdes and St […]

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Filed Under: Missing Persons Tagged With: Alex Spence, Autopsy, Missing Person, UK

Alex Spence: post-mortem

April 26, 2010 By Alice

alex spence

The post-mortem has confirmed the death of Alex Spence was not suspicious. The Humberside Police said a file would now be prepared for the coroner ahead of an inquest. Alex Spence disappeared April 10, 2010. His family and friends frantically tried to find him. They reached out to the city, distributed pictures, launched websites, and reached […]

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Filed Under: Missing Persons Tagged With: Alex Spence, Missing Person, UK

Update Alex Spence

April 22, 2010 By Alice

alex spence

Alex Spence may have been found. Humberside Police said a body found in the River Hull was believed to be that of Mr Spence. The death is not being treated as suspicious. A force spokeswoman said: “Humberside Police received a call at 11.40am from a member of the public reporting a body in the River […]

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Filed Under: Missing Persons Tagged With: Alex Spence, Autopsy, Identification, Missing Person, UK

From Clare to Alex

April 21, 2010 By Alice

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“Dear Alex I’m writing this so that if you can read it you’ll know how much we miss you. Some days I’m sure you’re coming home. Then others I think we’ll never see you again and I start imagining the worst. That you were attacked. Or that you’re trapped somewhere and can’t get out. Every […]

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Filed Under: Missing Persons Tagged With: Alex Spence, Missing Person, UK

Remains Ryan Eugene Guitron found

April 20, 2010 By Alice

Ryan Eugene Guitron

The skeletal remains of Ryan Eugene Guitron from Fort Collins, missing for six years, have been found in rural Kimball County, Neb., and a multi-jurisdictional investigation is under way since last Monday. According to investigators, the remains of 30-year-old Ryan Eugene Guitron were found in a woodpile on an abandoned farmstead. A former roommate of […]

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Filed Under: Missing Persons Tagged With: Autopsy, Ballistics, Colorado, FBI, Forensics, Missing Person, Ryan Eugene Guitron

Update 1984 Cold Case of Elizabeth Heath

April 18, 2010 By Alice

NaMus poster of Elizabeth Heath missing since 1984

Elizabeth Heath, the 30-year-old mother whose skeletal remains were found last Wednesday in a chamber beneath the sub-flooring in a barn, was the victim of a homicide, the state medical examiner announced on Friday. The medical examiner’s office did not release the cause of Heath’s death at the request of prosecutors, who did not want […]

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Filed Under: Cold Case News, Forensics, Unsolved Tagged With: Autopsy, Connecticut, Crime Labs, Crime Scene, Elizabeth Heath, Evidence, Forensics, Identification, Missing Person, Police, Victim

Missing Woman’s Remains Found 26 Years

April 16, 2010 By Alice

NaMus poster of Elizabeth Heath missing since 1984

The discovery of a femur bone during renovation at a Newtown property led police to a full human skeleton that was positively identified as missing woman Elizabeth Heath on Thursday evening. Dental records on file since Elizabeth Heath went missing in 1984 while she was divorcing her husband John, matched teeth found in a skull […]

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Filed Under: Cold Case News, Forensics, Missing Persons Tagged With: Autopsy, Connecticut, Dental Records, Elizabeth Heath, Expert Testimony, Forensics, Missing Person

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